Skipdiving Robotics

[daveimi]

Bit of a disaster today, first test clout with wheel rim on chassis ripped half the chassis apart. Baseplate and running gear looks salvageable however.

[Bacon Wizard]

Sorry to hear that mate. At least it wasn't in the arena.

Re-looking at your chassis, does it need cross-bracing?

I have some spare chopping-boards if you want and will pay the postage?

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5 of these, mixed colours. Best to check the postage though, it might be cheaper to buy new.

[daveimi]

It's ok lol am gonna use the remains of the chassis and build it into something else I've found. The running gear's solid.

Big problem with a wheel rim is that the whole thing has to connect through a small area. So unless you have a steel chassis underneath it the 4 mounting lugs seem to put a crazy amount of strain on the mounting plate.

[daveimi]

Found a nice solid saucepan at dinner time...

[Bacon Wizard]

Found a nice solid saucepan at dinner time...

Uh-oh, they tend to be cast iron...

[daveimi]

I think this is ally

[daveimi]

Fresh start after the last disaster

[Bacon Wizard]

Um. Is the idea that on contact with an enemy robot's weapon, yours divides into thousands of tiny bots which spontaneously fly up into the air in all directions to confuse the opponent?

Hate to say it Dave, but even as a newbie myself, I can see your hard work is gonna get completely marmalized, and the mounting points with the chassis will probably get ripped-off first of all.

Sorry, I hate being negative I'd love to be wrong.

[daveimi]

Lol it's actually stood up to a fair bit of stick so far, wel...more than the others anyway

There is a top panel and everything to go on yet but that's still being made. The frame is bolted through 18mm mdf. Then it's all glued and screwed as well.

I don't plan on entering it against spinners.

[Ellis]

Even against spinners, big enough and thick enough wood is a viable armour. The MDF base may fail, equivalent decent plywood would probably suit fighting robots better.

[Bacon Wizard]

I suppose that makes sense now you mention it.

[daveimi]

I've been massively inspired by the Team Bitza wooden robots and Johnny 2x4

[Bacon Wizard]

Just been for a look on youtube. Ok, I take it all back apart from the MDF

[Max]

It's an odd decision to have the wheels so close together, it may make driving difficult (either hard to go in a straight line or hard to turn- can't remember which!) but it should be ok for a bit of fun.

[daveimi]

Erm yeah the wheels are close together to make it mental to drive, sort of so it just bounces round the arena causing pandemonium.